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Mahābhārata • Parva 10 (Sauptikaparva) • Adhyāya 9

Sauptikaparva Adhyāya 9

सौप्तिकपर्व • अध्यायः 9

Sauptikaparva Adhyāya 9 of the classical Mahābhārata with 60 verses.

Total: 60 Verses • Citations: MBh 10.9.1–60 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
ते हत्वा सर्वपाञ्चालान्द्रौपदेयांश्च सर्वशः । अगच्छन्सहितास्तत्र यत्र दुर्योधनो हतः ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said "Having killed all the Panchalas and the sons of Draupadi, the three Kuru heroes together came where Duryodhana was lying, struck down by the enemy.
गत्वा चैनमपश्यंस्ते किंचित्प्राणं नराधिपम् । ततो रथेभ्यः प्रस्कन्द्य परिवव्रुस्तवात्मजम् ॥
English Translation
Arrived there, they found that life had not been wholly extinct in the king. Getting down from their cars, they encircled you son.
तं भग्नसक्थं राजेन्द्र कृच्छ्रप्राणमचेतसम् । वमन्तं रुधिरं वक्त्रादपश्यन्वसुधातले ॥
English Translation
The Kuru king, O Sire, was lying there with broken thighs. Almost senseless, his life was about to pass away. He was vomiting blood at times, stretching downwards.
वृतं समन्ताद्बहुभिः श्वापदैर्घोरदर्शनैः । शालावृकगणैश्चैव भक्षयिष्यद्भिरन्तिकात् ॥
निवारयन्तं कृच्छ्रात्ताञ्श्वापदान्संचिखादिषून् । विवेष्टमानं मह्यां च सुभृशं गाढवेदनम् ॥
तं शयानं महात्मानं भूमौ स्वरुधिरोक्षितम् । हतशिष्टास्त्रयो वीराः शोकार्ताः पर्यवारयन् । अश्वत्थामा कृपश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः ॥
English Translation
Seeing him thus lying on the Earth, covered with blood, the three heroes who were the only remnant of his army, viz., Ashvatthaman, Kripa and Kritavarman, were possessed with grief and sat surrounding him.
तैस्त्रिभिः शोणितादिग्धैर्निःश्वसद्भिर्महारथैः । शुशुभे संवृतो राजा वेदी त्रिभिरिवाग्निभिः ॥
English Translation
Encircled by those three great car-warriors who were covered with blood and who sighed heavily, the Kuru king looked like a sacrificial altar surrounded by the tiree heroes weeping in sorrow.
ते तं शयानं संप्रेक्ष्य राजानमतथोचितम् । अविषह्येन दुःखेन ततस्ते रुरुदुस्त्रयः ॥
ततस्ते रुधिरं हस्तैर्मुखान्निर्मृज्य तस्य ह । रणे राज्ञः शयानस्य कृपणं पर्यदेवयन् ॥
English Translation
Wiping the blood from off his face with their hands, they bewailed piteously in the hearing of he king lying prostate on the field of battle.
न दैवस्यातिभारोऽस्ति यदयं रुधिरोक्षितः । एकादशचमूभर्ता शेते दुर्योधनो हतः ॥
English Translation
Kripa said There is nothing difficult which Destiny cannot bring about, since even this king Duryodhana who was the master of eleven Akshauhinis of troops, sleeps on the necked ground, struck down by the foe and bathed in blood.
पश्य चामीकराभस्य चामीकरविभूषिताम् । गदां गदाप्रियस्येमां समीपे पतितां भुवि ॥
English Translation
See, fond as he was of the mace, that mace made of pure gold is still by the side of the king whose lustre still resembles that of pure gold.
इयमेनं गदा शूरं न जहाति रणे रणे । स्वर्गायापि व्रजन्तं हि न जहाति यशस्विनम् ॥
English Translation
In no battle did that mace leave this hero! Even now, when is about to go to heaven, that weapon abandons not this illustrious hero.
पश्येमां सह वीरेण जाम्बूनदविभूषिताम् । शयानां शयने धर्मे भार्यां प्रीतिमतीमिव ॥
English Translation
See that weapon, made of pure gold, is still by the side of this hero like a loving wife by the side of her husband stretched on his bed in his chamber of sleep.
यो वै मूर्धावसिक्तानामग्रे यातः परंतपः । स हतो ग्रसते पांसून्पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥
English Translation
Alas, this destroyer of foes used to trample at the head of all Kshatriyas that had their locks sprinkled with holy water at the time of coronation. Alas, he now eats the dust. Witness the reverses of fortune that time brings.
येनाजौ निहता भूमावशेरत पुरा द्विषः । स भूमौ निहतः शेते कुरुराजः परैरयम् ॥
English Translation
He who had formerly struck down many enemies and caused them lie on the naked earth that king of the Kurus, lies to-day on the bare ground, struck down by enemies.
भयान्नमन्ति राजानो यस्य स्म शतसंघशः । स वीरशयने शेते क्रव्याद्भिः परिवारितः ॥
English Translation
He to whom hundreds of kings used to bow down in fear, lies to-day on the battle-field, encircled by beasts of prey!
उपासत नृपाः पूर्वमर्थहेतोर्यमीश्वरम् । धिक्सद्यो निहतः शेते पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥
तं शयानं नृपश्रेष्ठं ततो भरतसत्तम । अश्वत्थामा समालोक्य करुणं पर्यदेवयत् ॥
आहुस्त्वां राजशार्दूल मुख्यं सर्वधनुष्मताम् । धनाध्यक्षोपमं युद्धे शिष्यं संकर्षणस्य ह ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said Seeing that Kuru's Chief lying on the earth Ashvatthaman, O best of the Bharatas, bewailed thus piteously,-O foremost of kings, all people recognised you as the best of all bowmen! People also said that in mace fight you, a disciple of Shankarshana, were like Kuvera himself.
कथं विवरमद्राक्षीद्भीमसेनस्तवानघ । बलिनः कृतिनो नित्यं स च पापात्मवान्नृप ॥
English Translation
How then, O sinless one, could Bhima find any defect in you. You were ever powerful and skillful. He on the other hand, O king, is a wicked man.
कालो नूनं महाराज लोकेऽस्मिन्बलवत्तरः । पश्यामो निहतं त्वां चेद्भीमसेनेन संयुगे ॥
English Translation
Forsooth, O king, time in this world is more powerful than every thing else, for we see even you struck down by Bhimasena in battle.
कथं त्वां सर्वधर्मज्ञं क्षुद्रः पापो वृकोदरः । निकृत्या हतवान्मन्दो नूनं कालो दुरत्ययः ॥
English Translation
Alas, how could the wretched and mean Vrikodara unfairly strike you down, righteous as you always were in all your action. Forsooth! Time is irresistible.
धर्मयुद्धे ह्यधर्मेण समाहूयौजसा मृधे । गदया भीमसेनेन निर्भिन्ने सक्थिनी तव ॥
English Translation
Alas, having invited you to a fair fight, Bhimasena, displaying his power broke your thighs.
अधर्मेण हतस्याजौ मृद्यमानं पदा शिरः । यदुपेक्षितवान्क्षुद्रो धिक्तमस्तु युधिष्ठिरम् ॥
English Translation
Fie on that retched Yudhishthira who allowed the head of one struck down unfairly in battle to be touched with the foot.
युद्धेष्वपवदिष्यन्ति योधा नूनं वृकोदरम् । यावत्स्थास्यन्ति भूतानि निकृत्या ह्यसि पातितः ॥
English Translation
In all battles warriors will certainly censure Vrikodara as long as the world will exist. Forsooth, you have been struck down unrighteously.
ननु रामोऽब्रवीद्राजंस्त्वां सदा यदुनन्दनः । दुर्योधनसमो नास्ति गदया इति वीर्यवान् ॥
English Translation
The valiant Rama of Yadu's family, O king, always used to see that there is 11O one equal to Duryodhana.
श्लाघते त्वां हि वार्ष्णेयो राजन्संसत्सु भारत । सुशिष्यो मम कौरव्यो गदायुद्ध इति प्रभो ॥
English Translation
The Vrishni hero in mace fight, O Bharata, used to boast of you, O lord, in every assembly. Saying, Duryodhana, of the race of Kuru, is a worthy disciple of mine.
यां गतिं क्षत्रियस्याहुः प्रशस्तां परमर्षयः । हतस्याभिमुखस्याजौ प्राप्तस्त्वमसि तां गतिम् ॥
English Translation
You have achieved that end which Rishis consider to be the mate of a Kshatriya killed in battle facing the foe.
दुर्योधन न शोचामि त्वामहं पुरुषर्षभ । हतपुत्रां तु शोचामि गान्धारीं पितरं च ते । भिक्षुकौ विचरिष्येते शोचन्तौ पृथिवीमिमाम् ॥
English Translation
I do not, O foremost of men, grieve for you, O Duryodhana! I grieve only for your mother Gandhari and your father, childless as they now are.
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